When President Bush commuted Scooter Libby's sentence this week, he made his intentions very clear. The current system of "laws" just isn't cut out for this country anymore. I mean, what's the point of prosecuting someone, when it's clear that only one man is fit to make the judicial decisions of the country.
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What's funny to me about this, is the fact that Scooter Libby was the fall guy in the whole Valerie Plame leak investigation, when it was clearly an order passed down from Libby's superiors (cough-Cheney, cough-Rove). Even though Libby wasn't 100% responsible, it was still refreshing to see someone go down for this. I mean, the law was broken. A CIA agent who was deep under cover was outed for political reasons which could have resulted in her death! Even then two and half years seemed like a small price to pay. If this had happened ten years ago, we all know what would have happened. (Oh wait, it did happen)
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So in a bold move, the President decided that our court system was broken, and that he alone should be judge, jury, and executioner. He pulled out his Law Giver, put two in the back of Lady Justice, gave the country the finger, and after that swung by and picked Scooter up from prison, and maybe stopped by White Castle to get some burgers.
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If there was one element from Judge Dredd that I wish could be implemented, that would be the long walk. This would be yet another situation where it would be highly appropriate. The only problem is, we would have to pretend that our court system wasn't totally broken.
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